B Grade B
IBM Heron r3: Circuit layer operations per second
340,000 layers per second
As stated in the source: “340K”
Caveats
Live value, rounded to 340K, with no timestamp; snapshot read 27 Oct 2026. IBM's docs do not say whether this is the original CLOPS or the newer CLOPS_h variant. Other Heron systems show 300K–340K. Live value from IBM's calibration table, read on 27 Oct 2026; IBM updates it regularly.
- Set-up
- ibm_boston. As listed on IBM Quantum Platform compute resources table.
- Method
- CLOPS (IBM definition, layers of a 100x100 circuit; page heading 'CLOPS (or CLOPS_h)')
- Compared only with
- results in the group “ibm clops h”
- Measured
- Not stated
- Published
- Not stated
- Measured by
- IBM Quantum
- Independent of the maker
- No
- Peer-reviewed
- No
- Repeated by others
- Not yet
Source
IBM Quantum Platform: Compute resources (table view), IBM Quantum. Company technical document.
Comparable results
| Machine | Value | Set-up | Published | Measured by | Grade | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Nighthawk r2 | 2,000,000 | ibm clops h | – | Maker | B | r-000014 |
History
- 27 October 2026: added
Spotted a mistake? Report an error, quoting r-000011.